Followed all steps in e2e-tests README and getting unexpected token import error

[i0na-k]

I ran npm install
I ran docker-compose up
The./node_modules/.bin/wdio wdio.conf.js- should this be in a new terminal (this is what I did)

When running above command in new terminal window, I get this output:

ERROR: Unexpected token import
chrome
/user
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import { defineSupportCode } from 'cucumber';
                                                              ^^^^^^

Syntax    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
    at loader (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:144:5)
    at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:154:7)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Function.hookedLoader [as _load] (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/mockery/mockery.js:111:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at /Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/wdio-cucumber-framework/build/adapter.js:246:17
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at CucumberAdapter.loadSpecFiles (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/wdio-cucumber-framework/build/adapter.js:237:34)
    at CucumberAdapter._callee$ (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/wdio-cucumber-framework/build/adapter.js:137:38)
    at tryCatch (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/wdio-cucumber-framework/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:65:40)

Wrote xunit report "WDIO.xunit.chrome.0-0.xml" to [./report/].
MAC2930:e2e-tests user$ ./node_modules/.bin/wdio wdio.conf.js
ERROR: Unexpected token import
chrome
/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/step_definitions/smoke_steps.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import { defineSupportCode } from 'cucumber';
                                                              ^^^^^^

Syntax    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
    at loader (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:144:5)
    at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:154:7)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Function.hookedLoader [as _load] (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/mockery/mockery.js:111:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at /Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/wdio-cucumber-framework/build/adapter.js:246:17
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at CucumberAdapter.loadSpecFiles (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/wdio-cucumber-framework/build/adapter.js:237:34)
    at CucumberAdapter._callee$ (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/wdio-cucumber-framework/build/adapter.js:137:38)
    at tryCatch (/Users/user/Downloads/e2e-tests/node_modules/wdio-cucumber-framework/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:65:40)

Wrote xunit report "WDIO.xunit.chrome.0-0.xml" to [./report/].

I removed the brackets from import {defineSUpportCode} from 'cucumber' to no avail.